UGA's Schroeder elected MSA Fellow

University of Georgia faculty member Paul Schroeder is among the 2025 Fellows of the Mineralogy Society of America.

Schroeder, professor of geology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, is an expert in Clay Mineralogy and a Registered Professional Geologist. Research by his group focuses on understanding clay minerals and the detailed crystal-chemical characterization of their structure, particularly as they are found associated in the critical zone, which includes near surface weathering, diagenetic, and hydrothermal geologic environments. Findings by his group involve the study of these fine grain particles using NMR spectroscopy, Fourier transform IR and Raman spectroscopy, radiogenic, cosmogenic, and stable isotopes, chemical and thermal analyses, and X-ray and electron diffraction.

Schroeder is author of Clays in the Critical Zone, published in 2018 by Cambridge University Press. He has played an active role in organizing the Georgia Essential Minerals (GEMS) Workshop, a collaboration between UGA, Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and the Georgia Mining Association.

"Interestingly, the majority of Fellows elected to the Mineralogical Society of America are from foreign countries," Schroeder said. "I am honored to be named among this elite group of international scientists. The decades of support from the University of Georgia were certainly a facet in this accomplishment."

The Fellows will be featured in the MSA Society News in the April 2025 issue of Elements magazine. 

Image: Photo of UGA professor of geology Paul Schroeder holding a crystal model of the mineral kaolinite.